“Beat of Africa”, etnical fashion @ alta roma 2014 is a social responsability project, which has the target to build and substain economical structures between the italian fashion system and some disadvantaged communities from african countries and takes place from the partnership between Altaroma and the International Trade Centre ( World Organization for Commerce and ONU cooperation agency)

Let’s take a look at the main characteristics of these wonderful brands, created by unique and skilled stylists.

Stella Jean, whose collections got always more success form public and critics, always proved her will to substain the economic emancipation of women coming from new developing countries, using hand-made woven material and accessories hand-painted from Africa and Jewelry from Haiti. Known for the ability of connecting articulated finishes, contrasting tissues and innovative volumes.

Mina Evans-Anfom is the designer of the brand Mina Evans, which express the love for the fusion of luxury tissues, the Ankara and the complicated hand-made decoration in order to produce feminine items, classy and timeless.

Lisa Folawiyo, which masterpiece are the complex decorations of tradicional african tissues, as the Ankara, used with the target to give it a touch of modernity. Every item of her line is hand-decorated from the artesans with the maximum accuracy. The focus is on the tailoring and the portability of the dresses, which result gracefuls and are weared by showmen from all over the world.

Aisha Obuobi is the designer of Christie Brown, a fashion brand from Ghana, which target is reaching the concept of elegance for all those women who want to wear a “real taste of Africa”.

Afua Dabanka – MO SAÏQUE. Brand created by Afua Dabanka, an ex-banker who became shoes designer after an experience at the London College of Fashion. Afua inspirates herself from the mix of her origins. Her Ghanaian cultural background results in the selection of the strong colors, combined with the cleaned and meticulous lines, deriving from her German ancestry.

Anita Quansah (Anita Quansah London). Anita Quansah London creates strong and surprising jewelry, projected to represent the complex armors which reflect the strenght and the power of who wears them. Her inspiration comes from her rich and eclectic background, her products includes vintage and recicled materials. Grown up in Nigeria, Anita has been encouraged to produce her creation and to test different techniques from her family, deeply engaged with arts.